Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality
Municipio Juan Manuel Cajigal | |
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Coordinates: 9°37′35″N 65°18′25″W / 9.6264774°N 65.3068556°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Anzoátegui |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antonio Goffin ( PSUV) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,842.4 km2 (711.4 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 13,476 |
• Density | 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0281 |
Website | Official website |
The Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 122,634. [1] The town of Onoto is the shire town of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality. [2] The municipality is named for the Venezuelan mathematician Juan Manuel Cajigal y Odoardo.
The Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 13,747 (up from 13,020 in 2000). This amounts to 0.9% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 7.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality is Antonio Goffin, elected on 23 November 2008 with 48% of the vote. [5] He replaced Mardo Marcano shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Onoto and San Pablo. [2]